ferus adj.
2 FER-,
wild, untamed, uncultivated
: beluae: leones, H.: fructūs, V.—As subst
m.
: hastam in feri alvum contorsit,
of the horse
, V.: Pectebat ferum,
the stag
, V.: ut vidit ferum,
the lion
, Ph.—Meton., of places,
waste, wild, desert
: montes, V.: silvae, H.—Fig.,
wild, rude, uncultivated, savage, barbarous, fierce, cruel
: hostis: genus hominum, S.: Nemo adeo ferus est, ut non mitescere possit, H.:
Britanni hospitibus, H.: mores: sibi fera sacra parari,
death by sacrifice
, O.
